Saturday, November 19, 2005

Questions and Methodologies

So this gradual student wants to inform his artmaking more effectively and fulfill the assignment for Art 105 by Profesora Otto. (BTW I have been staring at the ceiling for 72 hours with li'l to no cognitive activity, leading me to think that I am possibly the love child of the unknown fourth Stooge. Thank the Gods on High for Insomnia!) In the pursuit of such endeavors here is some wacky and hair-brained shite:

questions to ponder:what is the nature of time? (eww this should be trouble)I will add more as my mind allows

methodologies

Uno(1)video, no kiddin'. This foist methodology is straight forward video project. Manipulate the TV experience.(2)no visual shots of timepieces, daylight, or phenomena such as celestial bodies(3)audio can be linked to compensate for the video exclusions(4)no narration who needs it, plus I am talking about experiential concepts can I achieve it without feeding that TV generation mind, mst have auditory component(5)one continuous shot that can be looped seamlessly, time has no start/end(6)duration between 3 and 5 minutes cause I like odd numbers : )

Zwei(1) no video. no shite?! installation is not always video dependent(2) uses technology that anyone can assemble or that is easily available(3) auditory component(4) cycles in 3 minute period has a beginning or end

Três(1) incorporates video and installation.(2) visualizes and must form a spatial experience(3) cycles in a 3 (or more) minute period(4) audio(5) hmmmmmmmmm

Defintions

Time: to go the defintions please follow this wikipedia shortcut link for the complete page and links. The abstract nature of the concept of Time has confounded philosphers, scientists, etc. for thousands of years. The debate and effort to define this phenomena continues to contemporary times.

Let us consider these definitions, as put forth by Wikipedia:

Attempting to understand time has long been a prime occupation for philosophers, scientists and artists. There are widely divergent views about its meaning, hence it is difficult to provide an uncontroversial and clear definition of time except its physical definition, which dictionaries give as "a non-spatial linear continuum wherein events occur in an apparently irreversible order." This article looks at some of the main philosophical and scientific issues relating to time.The measurement of time has also occupied scientists and technologists, and was a prime motivation in astronomy. Time is also a matter of significant social importance, having economic value ("time is money") as well as personal value due to an awareness of the limited time in each day and in our lives. Units of time have been agreed upon to quantify the duration of events and the intervals between them. Regularly recurring events and objects with apparently periodic motion have long served as standards for units of time - such as the apparent motion of the sun across the sky, the phases of the moon, the swing of a pendulum.